Whispers of a Machine
Fair · Narrative · 2019
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a BANGER price before.
Today
$14.99Fair
On its price record
$4.97BANGER
- Length
- 6h 9.2h to 100%
- Value
- $2.50/hr
- Reviews
- 93% of 2,020 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.97 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 123 MB of memory, 640 x 360 32 bit, 799 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
63 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. It becomes a BANGER at $4.97, a level the record has reached 45 times.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 8 percent on value. It is pricier than 81 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer ($19.99, scores 70) beats it on value, while it beats VirtuaVerse ($14.99, scores 53).
More about Whispers of a Machine
77 from critics against 93 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
This site sampled 386 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to September 2026.
The drop-off
48% start to 5% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
i'd recommend this game to any fan of the genre. puzzles are balanced. they are not too obscure and not trivial either.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This is one of the best point and click adventures I've ever played! The graphics, game play, voice acting and story are all excellent. I especially enjoyed the way your decisions form your personality and introduce matching mechanics along the way. I'll probably replay this again just to explore different choices and their related mechanics.
I like the atmosphere of this game and I'm actually having fun but the game keeps crashing all the time.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Whispers of a Machine scores 66/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/631570/whispers-of-a-machineReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.